Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. God's description of His character (Isaiah 42:1) God addresses Him directly (Isaiah 42:5). Address to the people to attend to the subject (Isaiah... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. HE SHALL NOT CRY, NOR LIFT UP. Matthew marks the kind of "cry" as that of altercation, by quoting it, "He shall not strive" (). IN THE STREET - the Septuagint translate 'outside.' An image from an altercation in a ho... [ Continue Reading ]
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. A BRUISED REED SHALL HE NOT BREAK. "It pleased the Lord to bruise Him" (; ; ); so He can feel for the bruised. As described His unturbulent spirit toward His violent enemies (Mat... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. HE SHALL NOT FAIL - faint: man in religion may become as the almost expiring flax-wick (Isaiah 42:3), but not so HE in His purposes of grace. NOR BE DISCOURAGED - literally, be br... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: Previously God had spoken of Messiah; now (Isaiah 42:5) He speaks to... [ Continue Reading ]
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; IN RIGHTEOUSNESS - rather, 'for a righteous purpose' (Lowth). (See ). God "set forth" His Son "to be a propitiation (so as) to decl... [ Continue Reading ]
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. TO OPEN THE BLIND EYES - spiritually (; Isaiah 42:18; ; ). TO BRING OUT THE PRISONERS FROM THE PRISON - (Isaiah 61:1.) AND THEM THAT SIT IN DARKNESS - opposed to "light... [ Continue Reading ]
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. God turns from addressing Messiah to the people. I (AM) THE LORD - Yahweh (H3068); God's distinguishing and incommunicable name, indicating essential being and immutable faithfulness (cf... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. BEHOLD, THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS - the former predictions of God, which were now fulfilled, are here adduced in proof that they ought to trust in Him alone as God; name... [ Continue Reading ]
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG - such as has never before been sung, called for by a new manifestation of God's grace, to express w... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. THE WILDERNESS AND THE CITIES - in a region not wholly waste, but mainly so, with an oasis here and there. KE... [ Continue Reading ]
Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. LET THEM GIVE GLORY UNTO THE LORD ... IN THE ISLANDS - (.)... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. THE LORD SHALL GO FORTH AS A MIGHTY MAN. Yahweh will no longer restrain His wrath He will go forth as a mighty warrior () to destroy His people's a... [ Continue Reading ]
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. I HAVE LONG TIME - namely, during the desolation of Israel (Isaiah 32:14). HOLDEN MY PEACE - (cf. Psalms 50:21; Habakkuk 1:2.) (NOW) WILL I CR... [ Continue Reading ]
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. I WILL MAKE WASTE MOUNTAINS - I will destroy all my proud and elated foes. MOUNTAINS - namely, the enemies' mountains, clad with vines and olives on the terraced... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. AND I WILL BRING THE BLIND - God's people, Israel, in captivity... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods. THEY SHALL BE TURNED BACK ... ASHAMED, THAT TRUST IN GRAVEN IMAGES - They shall be disappointed in their trust. The same phrase occurs, .... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. HEAR, YE DEAF - namely, to the voice of God. LOOK, YE BLIND - to your duty and interest; willfully so (.) In this they differ from "the blind" (). The Jews are referred to. He had said, God would destroy the pagan idolatry. Here He remembers... [ Continue Reading ]
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant? WHO IS BLIND, BUT MY SERVANT? - namely, Israel. Who of the pagan is so blind? Considering Israel's high privileges, the pagan's blindness was as nothing compar... [ Continue Reading ]
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. SEEING MANY THINGS, BUT THOU OBSERVEST NOT - thou dost not keep them. The "many things" - are the many proofs which all along, from the first, God had given Israel of His goodness and His power, (; Deuteronomy 29:2... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. THE LORD IS WELL PLEASED FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE - not His people's, but His own; shows that they had no righteousness (; ; .) God is well pleased with His Son ("in whom my soul delighteth,... [ Continue Reading ]
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. BUT THIS IS A PEOPLE ROBBED AND SPOILED - through their own fault, whereas they might have had the Lor... [ Continue Reading ]
Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? (WHO) WILL HEARKEN, AND HEAR FOR THE TIME TO COME? - a call that they should be warned by the past judgments of God to obey Him for the time to come.... [ Continue Reading ]
Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. WHO GAVE JACOB FOR A SPOIL? Their calamity was not the work of chance, but God's immediate act for their sins.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. HE HATH POURED UPON HIM THE FURY OF HIS ANGER. "Upon him" - Israel (). AND THE STRENGTH OF BATTLE - the vi... [ Continue Reading ]